Excessive talking a sign of hyperactivity?

Question

My daughter is 3.5 years old. I also have a 10 year old and have worked with children my whole life. Bearing that in mind, please DO NOT answer this question with, "Thats normal, deal with it" etc. My 3.5 year old talks SO MUCH that it is becoming a problem. From the minute she wakes up to the time she is practically forced to go to bed, she talks, NON STOP. I have a feeling that she may be hyperactive. Several things seem to make me think this. She is on the go ALL DAY, does not ever slow down or stop moving. She is CONSTANTLY touching, grabbing, talking, tapping her foot, squirming. ALL THE TIME. She WILL NOT ever sit still. She is a VERY light sleeper and distracted VERY easily. She cannot play by herself. My mother inlaw is afraid I am "labeling" her. I seriously believe that itis better to catch this early and be proactive about it. Has anyone else had this issue before? What worked? I limit her sugar intake but I feel its more than diet. Any suggestions? Thanks!!!
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NO, I do not want to DRUG her. I am also NOT looking for sarcasm or rudeness.

Answer 1

She does sound a bit hyperactive. One of my daughters was a non-stop talker and I feared sending her to school, afraid she wouldn't shut up and listen to the teacher. One day when she was about 3, we were riding in the car and I told her if she didn't have anything important to say, not to talk. After a little while she fell asleep. We still laugh about it. She tells me that she remembers that day and kept thinking "is this important, is that important" and finally fell asleep. She turned out to be a really good student in school and an excellent mother who still talks a lot. Her kids learn so much from her and have also learned to have a great sense of humor. She's a joy to be around. Hope this story helps you.

Answer 2

Excessive Talking In Children

Answer 3

Hi, I know how frustrating that is and let me tell you that I am a PA-C who's specialty is in Pediatric Neurology. I have one question for you. When you find one thing that she really!!! likes to do, can you sit with her without any distractions in the room (music, movement, etc) and can she do that activity and for how long? There are a couple of issues here and most of all you need a GOOD workup with a GOOD Pediatric Neurologist. Pediatricians are great but often miss girls who have ADHD. Go to the source. Skip herbals, behavioralist and the rest. Get her worked up by the best and sometimes they are hard to find but you will be better for it, as will she and her education depends on it. Spoken from a Mom with experience and a PA-C with 10 years under my belt. Good luck and know this, she will probably prove to be extremely bright and gifted. She is blessed to have a Mom who is searching out the answers!

Answer 4

My grandson does the same thing, and I agree it is tiring. He too, is constantly on the move and talks non-stop. I babysit him and he is here for 10 hours a day. He is 4. I have a niece, who has a 3 year old, who is the same way. Sounds normal to me. What I do, if I may, when it gets to be a little much, is send him outside. I go out too, to play, and we race on scooters, race on foot around the driveway, play with the soccer ball, and go play on the swings. When we are competing, he is too busy trying to beat me to chatter,but there are allot of whoo-hoo's and high fives, I put the swings under the trees, it is shady there, and sort of relaxing, and we chit chat, when he is done there, he is ready to go hit golf balls on the lawn- alone.This is his own 'quiet time', that I really enjoy as much as he does. I don't know if it helps you, but we do this quite often, and we can live with it. It is very energetic play that does wind down, if only for a while, but we both get our exersize. Good luck.

Answer 5

I truly believe you should have her evaluated by a Psychiatrist(children) who specializes in behavior. not all children who appear to be hyper or have ADD acctually are. there could be an underlying medical problem. I dont mean to scare you but I would check into a CAT Scan of the brain if other treatments dont satisfy you. some possibilities: thyroid, patuitary gland, hypathelmius, hormones(yes, hormones are a factor even in children) brain tumor and many others I cant think of or dont know about. Good Luck and dont give up until you are satisfied with results. Im sure I have misspelled some of the medical terms, sorry.

Answer 6

Your daughter sounds like me as a child. I was totally ADHD. I wasn't diagnoised (I can't spell) until 9th grade. Being medicated and therapy (cognitive and behavioral) helped a lot. Being involved in a lot of physical activities helped. Changing my diet did not. Read some books on ADHD and use the suggestions the books give. Even if she isn't ADHD, some ADHD books can help with her behavior. (I can't think of any good books off the top of my head. If you want some, you can email me). She is young and it's bad to label, but it would be worse to ignore it. If you try to see the good in her behavior it would help some too. Channeled hyperactivity has a positive side.

Answer 7

she is so young that its really hard to tell because i see lots of kids like that but they grow out of it so dont worry you will be ok an so will she an bye the way you are takin about hyperactiveness like if you catch it early enough then you will be able to cure it and let me say this there is most deffinately no cure for it only treatment an the pills you have to take for you wont want to do that to your daughter an her is an example of what i am talkin about....takein those pills are like stayin in the mental hospital and when you go sico they sadate you w/ a shot wel thats how your daughter will act sadated an it will suck for her so please dont do that to her it will take away her life and i no this for a fact because my mother forced me to take those pills for years and it put me threw alot and my couisn the same onlyshe wasent so luckey she had switched her med to a diff. kind an it screwed her up some how mentaly and they ha to put her in a mentale hospital. they said after tat she was ok but five years later and she is still messed up so please save your daughter from this!!!!!

Answer 8

well, I know you don't wan the "this is normal" as an answer, but I have to tell you that this type of behaviour is normal. I was like that when I was little, even up till now, I can't sit still in class, I have shor attention span, like after paying attention to the teacher for 10 mins, I start looking else where to bug people. This is just a type of personality, it's normal.

Answer 9

I work with ADHD kids. Most of the parents tell me that their kids were ALWAYS hyperactive and drove them crazy, especially the not sleeping well and being distracted easily. Take her to a good pediatrician. If he can't evaluate her, go to a good child psychologist or psychiatrist. You may be in for years of fun with this one!

Answer 10

Take her to your ped. and let the ped. know your concerns. It could be normal behavior, but it could also be hyperactivity. If it is to the point that it is interfering with her day to day life, you need to get it checked out. A ped. will be able to guide you as to who you need to go see.